Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-11-26
CARL puNpER,s PLANT.
DetrOIt's Teutoulc Philosopher Signs 70
M Old GermRn CnStOmS.

DetroIt's Teutoulc Philosopher Signs For
h Old German Customs.
Sergeant said Carl Dunder rs he
tip-toed into the station-house yester.
day. Il pellet | like to go pack to
Shermany again"
whats the matter nowa'
"Vhcll, every thing vhas too fastun
too strange oafer here for some old
mans ike me. Dot Yankee vhaS Il
queer feller-awful queer. Some
mans come into my place eafery day
und yell out:
Hi! dere! Two peers! Set en-
oop, qucak! Ia! Ia! Goodbye, Dun
der.'
"Und he throws down der money
gulps down dot peer, und vhas off be-
fore | can say Shack Robinson. II
doan' be like dot in Shermany. goes
nit Il place at ashlow walk, und | goes
in py der door wnd shpcaks with eafery
pody. ask him aboudt his wife und
shildren, his horse und COW wd pig,
his health und his garden, und by und
by sat down und say todot ~barkecper:
"%'lians, may pc you hat some peer9'
"'Ycs, Herr Dunder.'
May pc it vhas goot peer"
"'icS, he vhas.'
"'Vhell | try Il glass
"Hc goes py der cellar ind pring'
him oop, und | take Il seat und play
some sheckers. und | drink Il lecdle und
wait, und drink some more und want,
und by und by it vhas twelve O'Clock
und | goes home to dinner
That's too slow, Mr.. Dundcr.'
Dot der vhay all you Yankees say.
How long You pellet | vhas getting
married, Sergcant"'
"Oh, perhaps tire, weeks, and that's
giving You seven days over the rest OF
us"
Tree weeks! Why, it yhas ten vars,
und dot vhas too soon! If | wait on,
more var donn' marry Mrs. Dundel
at Al! 1t vhas like dis: 1t takes Won
var to be introduced to dot girl. II
takes o var more before you like tc
call her py her first anne May pc,
after fife var take her hand und say
dot like to be married. but it vhns fife
var more pefore she consents und vha.
all ready"
''Too slow for me-
"Und You vhas III sooch a hurry dot
you doan' lii oudt half your days. Dot
pringS me down to peeslfess. Shake
has III AWAY some more
"No!'
"llc goes last night. We hat some
fuss again. Shake vhas too much like
Yankee, und | talk und talk to him
und ii yhas no goot. Do you know
Shake feels so pic dot he doan' ike to
haf my clothes cut oafcr for him any
morc!'
ais that possible
"Dot yhas possible. In der oldl
country wooden shoes yhas all right
for mt. In dis country Shake likes
some fine CATERS, und he shines 'enl
oop nit packing. Some oldt hat vhas
goot enough for me, but Shake he must
90 oudt und puy Won for tree dollar.
haf some pants nit only two holes
in EN-. hut Shake won't put 'cm
on. Wien | vhas u poy doan'
haf ten gents q month. Shake comes
to me almost cafcry day und says he
likes half II dollar or seek shillings.
In der oldt country | play Shcckcrs OF
pitch horscshocs. My Shake learns
how TO play poker und pilliards ind
lots Of oddcr games, ind it makes youl
hair shtand oop to hear him talk OF
baso-pall and cricket, He calls me old
m%o.s-pack, und sooch, und yesterday !
make up my mind 10 put n shtop tt
him.
''Took him down cellar, eh?'
Dots vhas | like to do. | get dol
strap und tell him to come along, bu'
re says | Nhas too fresh. und he VIA,
gone pcfore | get him, Scrgeant."
"Well?'
MAY pc | yhaS wrong. May pc i
| vhas deterrent in dis country. MAY y,
| dot poy of to-day vhas not like der old
poys. ! doan' sheep any all nigh
md der oldt womans she vhas cryins
all der time for Shake, and so, if yol
see him, YOU may tell him to com
pack. Tell him dot we try again. ]
he doan' say ! vhas too fresh, und il h,
doan' tell me to put o0p my dukes, hue
if he donn' keep talking aboudt careil
| Sh0i7, !sot groundcrS. Shackpots unt
So on | try 10 make it all right und &c
along. Shust tell him dot, sergeant
wnd you may silently hint to him dol !
he doan' do peter you pellet he Will
pc hung for murder. Goodbye, SCI
geant-may pc yhas too oldt for di
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